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Guaiacum sanctum: Lignum Vitae

Edward F. Gilman, Dennis G. Watson, Ryan W. Klein, Andrew K. Koeser, Deborah R. Hilbert, and Drew C. McLean


Release Date: 7/10/2025

Reviewed At: 7/15/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ST286-1993

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered Organism ID.

About this Publication

This document is ENH445, one of a series of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 1993. Revised December 2006, December 2018, and March 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Edward F. Gilman, professor emeritus, Department of Environmental Horticulture; Dennis G. Watson, former associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Ryan W. Klein, graduate assistant, Department of Environmental Horticulture; Andrew K. Koeser, assistant professor, Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; Deborah R. Hilbert, graduate assistant, Department of Environmental Horticulture, GCREC; and Drew C. McLean, biological scientist, Department of Environmental Horticulture, GCREC; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Edward F. Gilman
Edward F. Gilman

professor emeritus, Department of Environmental Horticulture

Deborah Hilbert
Deborah Hilbert

biological scientist and alum, Environnmental Horticulture Department, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL 

Dennis G. Watson
Dennis G. Watson

former associate professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Gainesville, FL

Ryan Klein
Ryan Klein
Specialist
University of Florida

assistant professor, arboriculture, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Andrew Koeser
Andrew Koeser
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, landscape management, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

Drew McLean
Drew McLean
staff
University of Florida

biological scientist, Center for Land Use Efficiency, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma FL.

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